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Attention: State and District Leaders, School Administrators, Educators, Student Support Personnel, Parents, and Education Stakeholders

The U.S. Department of Education is hosting a webinar series to support educational settings safely sustaining or returning to in-person instruction. The series features lessons learned and best practices from faculty, staff, schools, districts, institutions of higher education, early childhood education providers, and other places of educational instruction describing approaches to operating during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) invites you to join the next webinar, Strategies for Preventing Substance Use Within Multi-Tiered System of Supports During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Please join them for updates from the U.S. Department of Education, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration on recent trends in adolescent substance use and strategies for preventing substance use, including discussion on student assistance programs, as we continue to contend with the COVID-19 pandemic. A panel discussion with practitioners from the field will follow the updates.

Speakers/Panelists

• Ruth Ryder: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education
• Marci Hertz: Senior Behavioral Scientist, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
• Rob Vincent: Associate Administrator for Alcohol Prevention and Treatment Policy, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Renee Bradley: Education Program Specialist, Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
• Erin Wick: Senior Director, Capital Region ESD113 (WA)
• Elizabeth Suddath: Executive Director of Prevention Services, Oklahoma State Department of Education
• Matthew Wicks: Supervisor of Athletics, P.E., Health & Drivers Ed. Office for Leading and Learning, Pasco County Schools (F.L.)

Please visit their event webpage to access reference materials in advance of the webinar to inform participation.